Cathal Crowe (Clare, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Okay. I want to home in because we are very close to the Christmas season. I note from the DAA's figures from last year that from 17 December through to 4 January, an average of 45,000 passengers went through the airport per day. Pre-Covid that figure was 77,000, with 1.3 million people transiting the airport in that two-and-a-half-week window. We are in the bounce-back period. Will the cap on passenger numbers be exceeded during the Christmas season this year or perhaps next year?